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The heart tweet rebellion is about as meaningful as adding a hashtag supporting one side of your favorite conflict. Come on. “By 5 pm everyone will quit if yo
by alex_young 3y ago
The heart tweet rebellion is about as meaningful as adding a hashtag supporting one side of your favorite conflict.
Come on. “By 5 pm everyone will quit if you don’t do x”. Response: tens of heart emojis.
- alsodumb 3y agoIt wasn't a question of "will these people quit there jobs at OpenAI and get into the job market because they support Sam". It was a question of whether they'd leave OpenAI and join a new company that Sam starts with billions in funding at comparable or higher comp. In that case, of course who the employees are siding with matters.
- hipadev23 3y agoAnyone worth a shit will leave and go work with Sam. OpenAI will be left with a bunch of below average grifters.
- Gigablah 3y agoOnly on HN: your worth is tied to your choice of CEO.
- austhrow743 3y agoIn a dispute between people willing to sacrifice profit for values and those chasing the profit, why on earth would you put grifters on team values over profit?
- throwawayhno 3y agoWelcome to hn. Here it's all about money
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- bertil 3y agoI'm assuming the original comment meant that the grifters would not be extended a new offer after their colleagues learned that they were not as good as their CV said at open AI.
- hipadev23 3y ago[flagged]
- hef19898 3y agoWhat is it with all this personality cult about founders, CEOs and CTOs nowadays? I thpught the cult around Steve Jobs was, bad it pales in comparison to today. As soon as one person becomes more important than the team, as in the team starts to be structured around said person instead of with the person, that person should be replaced. Because otherwise, the team will not be functioning properly without the "star player" nor is the team more the sum of its members anymore...
- Closi 3y agoWhile your post sounds like something that would be true, there are loads of examples of where companies have thrived under a clear vision from a specific person. The example of Steve Jobs used in the above post is probably a prime example - Apple just wouldn’t be the company it is today without that period of his singular vision and drive. Of course they struggled after losing him, but the current version of Apple that has lived with Jobs and lost him is probably better than the hypothetical version of Apple where he never returned. Great teams are important, but great teams plus great leadership is better.
- _factor 3y agoNewsflash. Altman is no Steve Jobs.
- Closi 3y agoNewsflash. I didn't claim he was.
- hef19898 3y agoSteve Jobs is actually a great example: He was, sucessfully at each time, replaced twice, once aftwr he almost ran Apple into the ground and then after his death. In fact, he shoes how to build an org that explicitly does not depend on war star player.
- HlessClaudesman 3y agoPeople love to pick sides then retroactively rationalise that decision. None of us reading about it have the facts required to make a rational judgement. So it's Johnny vs Amber time.
- happytiger 3y agoI take it you have never made a pledge to someone. It’s a signal. The only meaning is the circumstances under which the signal is given: Sam made an ask. These were answers.
- alex_young 3y agoThis is how one answers if they actually intend to quit: https://x.com/gdb/status/1725667410387378559?s=46&t=Q5EXJgwOhFksDcS2uz525w https://x.com/gdb/status/1725667410387378559?s=46&t=Q5EXJgwO... There’s nothing wrong with not following, it’s a brave and radical thing to do. A heart emoji tweet doesn’t mean much by itself.
- happytiger 3y agoDid I say there was something wrong with either case? No. I said it was a signal. And it certainly can mean a lot by itself. You can disagree. You can say only explicit non-emoji messages matter. That’s ok. We can agree to disagree.
- 15457345234 3y agoSo is this a company or something else that starts with a c? (Thinking of a 4 letter word.)
- londons_explore 3y agoSam hasn't yet lined up the funding, so therefore they can't yet offer decent jobs, so therefore the openai employees haven't left But they will.
- teaearlgraycold 3y agoTalk is easy. But also the good employees will be paid well to get poached.
- hfjjbf 3y ago[dead]